Thief steals 2 personal watercraft from Stuart business

Police hope SunPass trail will help them catch culprit

A Treasure Coast man is hoping someone will recognize the thief captured on surveillance video stealing two personal watercraft from the back of his business early Monday morning.

The theft took place at around 2 a.m. at Palm City Yachts on Northwest Flagler Avenue in Stuart.

Surveillance video shows the man jumping over the fence in front of the business and then walking toward the back of the business, where two personal watercraft were being stored.

The man is then seen pulling the watercraft on a trailer to the front of the building, hooking the trailer to the business owner's truck and then fleeing the scene.

Police said the SunPass on the truck indicated the thief entered Florida's Turnpike in Palm City at 5:25 a.m. The truck exited the turnpike in Lantana at 6:09 a.m.

"Right now we're trying to obtain photos from SunPass to see if we can get pictures of the suspect and, also, we believe that there may be another vehicle involved, which was trailing the suspect vehicle," Officer Brian Bossio said.

The truck was a white Ford F350 pickup truck with the Florida license plate AIB MO6. Anyone with information should contact Stuart police.

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